T-Fal Experience Nonstick Frying Pan, 10.5 in Induction Skillet, Black

Back in the early 90's I had my first experience with T-Fal. At that time, for whatever marketing reason, I thought of T-Fal as some lesser brand of cookware. I like expensive brand name cookware as much as the next person, but, when I asked a friend what they wanted for a bday present, they said a set of T-Fal. Ok, well, I'd have bought you AllClad if you'd have asked, but if that's what you want. After paying a little bit of nothing, then seeing the stuff in person, I thought, wow, I am gonna get another set for myself. This is nice stuff. So I did. And, with it being inexpensive and all, I used it really hard, like I didn't care if I had to replace it. I also overheated my 10" skillet about as often as a pan can possibly be overheated. Now, I'll admit, after almost 20 years, the non-stick coating in several of the pans is not very non-stick any more. But, none of it is missing! No holes in the surface and all that stuff in my food. In spite of the insane temps I've used the pans at, none of them have warped even a little bit. They are as flat as a pancake. I feel bad getting rid of my old trusty 10" skillet, but, its replacement is here. I bought the 8" thinking it would be a nice omelet pan but in truth, it's a bit too small for that. Nice pan, but, too small. My 8" skillet didn't seem to work real well as an egg pan when I first got it. Eggs seemed to stick pretty good, and clearly I expected better. After frying something in it using coconut oil, it immediately became the non-stick pan I thought it would be. This new 10" pan I broke in by boiling a shallow pool of water, then pouring that out and "seasoning" the pan with a good rub of coconut oil while over the heat. My first French omelet from this pan slid around like it was on an air cushion. Wonderful. This pan feels like a nicer quality pan than my 19 year old one. Though that one still looks nice, the balance of this one is nicer and the handle feels more sturdy. Not that it needed to be since that one isn't loose now. This one is also oven safe while the old one was not. The aluminum on the bottom of this is uncoated, where the old one I had was enameled. I use gas, and that one has needed the black crud cleaned off many times in the past. It cleans right up with ez-off, and I expect this one to also. Overall, I'd say these are the nicest non-stick pan you can get at any price. Cooks Illustrated seems to feel the same way. When you hold this pan in your hand, it'll feel like a pan of 5x the price. And, if it lasts like my last one, it's worth 5x the price. If you're a person who loves quality cookware, consider putting a few pieces of T-Fal in your collection. It'll fit right in with others you spent a mortgage payment on. PS. Their electric teakettle is amazing too.

Bought a couple of these on a Cook's Illustrated recommendation. We cook a lot and have been through many different nonstick pans from the warehouse stores to the big home stores. These pans blow everything away, nothing sticks to them making for happy cooking and super easy cleanup. They get used so often they don't hardly get put away - Twice in the morning for breakfast, rinse with scalding water and left out to dry, then used again for dinner. I fully expected to start wearing out the coating by this time and would happily replace them with the same if that happened, but so far, they are showing zero signs of wear. The silicone handle is not slippery and never gets hot. The heat indicator in the center doesn't make much sense to me nor have I ever really paid attention to it, just a feature I ignore. HIGHLY recommended! When looking at these make sure you are specifically buying the "Professional" model - They have another that looks similar but is not marked as such as is NOT the same pan. This one through Amazon is where it is at.

I really do love this newer generation T-fal. The hot spot indicator in the center of the pan that let's you know when the pan is hot enough to cook is great. I have a tendency to overheat from time to time so I'm VERY careful with these pans. I want to get years of use out of them and that won't happen if I burn them. I cook everything in these pans. I saute, I sear, I pan fry using a light coating of oil. The pans conduct and hold heat very well. I don't have problems with hot spots so I consider them even heating pans. I would never do any deep frying in them but I have used fairly high heat to sear and quickly saute pretty thick pork loin chops with mushrooms, rosemary, and a splash of white wine at the end. I'd say I was probably cooking at about 375 F for about 20 mins. That's about as hot as I'd personally like to see these pans go. I have 3 skillets now for cooking everything from scrambled eggs for one, to a good sized thick sauteed steak, to stir fry and fried rice. I prefer stainless steel for all my pots. I wash these pans by hand with warm soapy water. I NEVER put them in a dishwasher. I don't use metal utensils in my pans even though they say you can. They also say light scratches are ok and they are not ok with me so I try to prevent them. After each wash I dry well and wipe the inside with 2 or 3 drops of olive oil and a paper towel.

First off, I REALLY wanted to give this pan a 5 start rating, as the pan is AWESOME! However, my issue is that it is being falsely advertised as a 10.5-inch pan... when it is ACTUALLY a 10-inch pan. A pan's width is the inside measurement, from inner lip to lip. Even if you used the outside edge measurement, the pan would still not be 10.5 inches. The outside edge diameter is 10.25-inches. The reason this is important is because a10.5-inch lid will NOT fit this pan. I have a 10.5-inch lid and it is too large. Because of this, I'll now have to buy a 10-inch lid. Even still, I love the pan,

I just bought a second one of these after five years of using it daily - sometimes three times a day. The first one held up extremely well. I love the non-stick coating on the outside - the pan doesn't get so nasty looking if one is, like me, disinclined to scrub that exterior every time one uses it. The only negative is that it was ever so slightly domed at the center so my eggs, oil, whatever would run to the edges - but I still loved that pan. My newest one doesn't have this problem. I find this to be an outstanding non-stick pan for frying perfect "over easy" eggs, omelets, french toast, potstickers and reheating leftovers. That's pretty much how I use it. I am also a non-stick skillet commando. I will not let anyone use my pan without giving them a little talk on NO METAL UTENSILS IN MY NON-STICK PAN. I also rarely use soap in it, but rather wipe it out with a paper towel after a quick rinse and swipe with a plastic dish brush. But then, the unthinkable happened...I forgot to give a guest my "no metal utensils in the non-stick pan" lecture. And a knife was used in my pan. AUGHHHH! It was agony politely watching my beautiful pan enter the slippery slope to no longer nonstick-dom. But it was still working pretty well until badly burned some leftovers in it one day. Very badly burned those leftovers. Black, soot, smoke. The pan came clean, but eggs were now sticking - the unthinkable. So, I bought another one. If I hide it whenever I have company and never leave it unattended on high heat, perhaps it will last ten years! I chose this pan the first time because it was recommended by Cook's Illustrated. I chose it the second time because the first one was the best non-stick I've owned in over 30 years of using non-stick pans for daily eggs.

I originally purchased the T-Fal Professional 12.5" sauté pan because America's Test Kitchen (ATK) rated it as the best buy non-stick 12" sauté pan. Even over some of those pans that need a bank lone to purchase. It never lost it's non-stick feature, even after frying 77 consecutive eggs, it's heavy duty and has a comfortable handle. I have never had good luck with (so called) non-stick pans and found myself in need of a replacement for my most recent failure. So, I decided to trust ATK and buy this one from Amazon at $29.99. After all, almost all the reviews on Amazon about it were excellent. WOW!!! Was I glad I decided to try this pan? It is everything, so far, proclaimed to be. Scrambled eggs don't stick, pancakes don't stick, and even sauteed cabbage doesn't stick. The only problem I had was that a 12.5" is just too big for some jobs. So I checked and found the 10.25" pan and the 8" pan on Amazon. I ordered them and found them just as good as the 12.5" pan. They all even have a heat senescing feature, a red dot in the center of the pan that changes appearance when it gets to the proper cooking heat. I JUST LOVE THESE PANS. The only thing lacking is no lids for the smaller pans. ONE WORD OF CAUTION: I noticed a previous reviewer derided the T-Fal pans as being lightweight, even warping after a couple of uses, and some foods sticking. Another reviewer stated that you MUST purchase the "Professional" model. At the store I checked some of the other T-Fal non-stick models and they were right. Other models of T-Fal were lightweight and more in line with what you would expect for such a low price. If you're looking for a good, inexpensive non-stick pan, TRY THESE! I don't think you'll be disappointed.

I originally bought this pan due to the 'best' rating at Cook's Illustrated magazine. I already own the 8" size, and bought this one because of the good performance of the smaller pan. I cook every day, and use this pan probably 3-5 times a week. This pan is much better than the Calphalon Unison pan I had. The Calphalon is a lot more expensive (I think about $100), and only lasted me 2 months before the surface started degrading. I sent it back and got it replaced, but haven't used it because the T-Fal is so much better. The most important thing about a nonstick pan is the quality of the nonstick coating. So, although the Calphalon looks more expensive (thicker pan with a nice heavy cast handle), when the coating fails all that luxury is useless. The coating on the T-Fal has been perfect after 6 months use without any signs of degradation. The red center is a pretty neat feature, as it is a simple temperature indicator. The higher end T-Fal pans (like this one) have a molded-in stainless disk in the bottom. You'll find some of the cheaper T-Fals are sold in grocery stores, but they don't have the stainless disk.

I had recently got fed up with my All-Clad nonstick pan. I paid a couple hundred dollars for a brushed stainless non stick pan, and after just a couple of years of use, it was not only no longer non stick, but it was like velcro for food! Now, I cook daily on these pans, and never at excessive heat, nor do I use abrasives that may remove the teflon coating, yet after normal use, I ended up with a completely worthless and expensive piece of steel. Having been gifted a T-Fal stainless non stick pan and reading some reviews on Amazon, I decided to give this a shot. If a $30 pan gives it up after a year, who cares right? Well, this pan exceeded my expectations. On a gas stove, the aluminium heats up quickly (though it is prone to hot and cool spots) and cools off just as fast for easy cleanup. Compared to steel and cast iron, this is a time saver. As for the pan itself, the rubber handle always stays cool except sometimes nearest to the pan. Just be careful grabbing there if you've had it on the burner for a while. Cleanup with a sponge and soapy water is all it takes. I wouldn't recommend the dish washer as in my experience, it won't always get all of the food off and then the heated dry kind of bakes it on. A quick hand wash takes care of that though. I haven't had any issues with the nonstick coating flaking or getting scratched off. I take care to use silicone utensils to cook with on these pans. So with the pan being easy to cook with, easy to clean, durable, and best yet, really cheap, I couldn't be happier. For my non stick purchases going forward, I'll be "sticking" with these pans!

The surface is not even. Middle is higher than the edge so the cooking oil always trap at the edge.

Tiene buen antiadherente. Se ha convertido en nuestro sartén de uso diario. Se siente más pesado que los sartenes comunes, debe ser por las capas extra. En la descripción dice que pueden usar utensilios de metal en él, pero no lo hemos intentado. Su asa se calienta bastante al cocinar pero no quema.

We use these pans almost daily. You must follow the instructions and season the pan before the first use and after about every 10 washings. I also give the pan a little spray of spray oil such as Pam before every use. These pans for the $$ are very good quality and will give you about 4 yrs or so of use, before they start to deteriorate. Just remember they are not $300. a piece…….This is my second set of these pans. I needed to replace the old T-fal Professional ones and I purchased them again. Certainly would recommend them to anyone, but just remember, DO NOT subject them to HIGH heat ever...……..

The product is well made, easy to clean, an improvement on my older frying pans. I do recommend it without restriction. I did not and do not intend to season the pan. I like the Thermo-Spot technology.

Solo que si es un poco chico, como para cocinar 2 huevos de gallina.